April 26th, 2011
Zoom fuckyeahfeminists: This past weekend, one of our local NPR affiliates, WBUR, broadcast an interview with the first woman ever to officially register and run in the Boston Marathon, in 1967: Kathrine Switzer (click through for audio). Her running coach scoffed at the idea when she first brought up the possibility, but when she ran thirty miles with him in training he was forced to think again. They registered her by initial only (women weren’t officially allowed to race in the marathon until 1972) and she completed the race despite the fact that she was heckled verbally by officials and one man completely lost it and tried to rip her number off her back. (via Marathon Monday: Remembering 1967′s Historic First - The Pursuit of Harpyness)

fuckyeahfeminists:

This past weekend, one of our local NPR affiliates, WBUR, broadcast an interview with the first woman ever to officially register and run in the Boston Marathon, in 1967: Kathrine Switzer (click through for audio). Her running coach scoffed at the idea when she first brought up the possibility, but when she ran thirty miles with him in training he was forced to think again. They registered her by initial only (women weren’t officially allowed to race in the marathon until 1972) and she completed the race despite the fact that she was heckled verbally by officials and one man completely lost it and tried to rip her number off her back.

(via Marathon Monday: Remembering 1967′s Historic First - The Pursuit of Harpyness)

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    Kathrine Switzer (born January 5, 1947) is an American author, television commentator and marathon runner,[1] best known...
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    Inspiration. Yes. Just registered for...Detroit Free Press Marathon. So scared. So...
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    Motivation for me to run my 13.1 miles in October—a marathon devoted just to female runners.
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    a few weeks late, but this is too good to pass over.
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    I remember reading this book about her in my mom’s bed when I was like, 10. Haha.
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